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When your looking at the protein skimmer from the front of the tank you will see 2 nipple looking pieces attached to the collector. Attach the hose to the left one and turn the knob on the intake pipe shut. This will build up suction and you will see the water rise and enter the skimmer. Once it...

I'm curious to know if you need to run a skimmer 24/7. Does it benefit to run it 24/7 or Maybe just a few hours a day??

I'm going to buy a new one this weekend. I don't get it. The tank can be at .23 then after 2-3 gal of evap the sg is .22 I think maybe the Hydrometer is going bad.

I just installed Metal Halides about 3 weeks ago on a 55. I have had to add water alot more now that they are on. I also removed my glass lids as well. It is normal to lose that much do to evaporation. I do have a question though. I always topped off with FW because my salinity rose after evap...

Thanks Charlie. I'll use your advice on the rubble rock. I was thinking the same thing. I have seen the filter in operation and the protein skimmer works good. I want to make sure I get the water level right so it doesnt overflow in the case of a power failure. Thanks again

The wet dry I'm looking to get off a friend it is a ProClear Aquatics Pro 150 Series Wet Dry with built in protein skimmer. Will this be a good filter or do I wait and spend the money to build a refugium.? Thanks for all your feed back I appreciate it. The link gives info on the wet/dry...

I'm not quite sure myself how the wet/dry works. I have an idea. I have always had a closed canaster wet/dry (Enhiem). I'm planning on setting it up in my garage with just fresh water getting all the plumbing and wet/dry setup. Once I have everything right and No leaks. I'm going to switch out...

Thats a good idea about the mesh bag. Makes sense if I want to remove it. I'm thinking of replacing the bio-balls with rubble rock. Kind of making it a wet/dry slash Fuge. What do you think on that. For $100 bucks it has a built in skimmer and pump. Or just keep it the way it was designed?

I have CC now and I want to get rid of it. Maybe I'll put some in the wet/dry I'm hooking up to kick start it. It's been established for well over a year, the CC. I have heard that CC can collect alot of debris and cause problems thats why with the new tank I'm going sand. Plus I think it looks...

I'm starting a new tank. I'm going with sand this time. I currently have crusher coral as my subsrtate. What's a good depth I should make the sand. It's a 95 and It will be a reef tank?

trigger/clowns Thank you for the advise.

Can anyone tell me if there are any safe triggers that I can place in my tank with clown fish?